James Traber opened to 700 in the cutoff, and Monica Sexton called on the button. Kevin Valek came along in the small blind, with David Brown defending his big blind.
Valek and Brown checked the 2♣6♥9♥ flop, where Traber continued for 1,100. Only Sexton called to the 2♦ turn, and Traber announced a bet of 1,500.
Sexton called again before both players checked down the K♣ river. Traber tabled A♠6♦, but Sexton showed [9d8d8] for two pair to take the pot.
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The guarantee has already been smashed in the 2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Dallas $600 Main Event, and that number will continue to build in the final three starting flights today at Palace Poker.
Players will get another shot at navigating their way into the money at 11:00 a.m. for Day 1f, looking to join the survivors from the opening five flights that have already been completed this week. That will be followed by Day 1g at 5:00 p.m. before the last chance turbo Day 1h at 10:00 p.m. local time.
The pace has already been set by Maverick Johnson, who dominated the latter stages of Day 1c to bag up 1,476,000 chips. Harrison Hood (1,300,000) and Simon Britton (1,240,000) both built their stacks late in the night on Day 1e to enter the top three on the overall leaderboard.
Top 10 Overall Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Maverick Johnson
United States
1,476,000
2
Harrison Hood
United States
1,300,000
3
Simon Britton
United States
1,240,000
4
David Peters (TX)
United States
1,070,000
5
Preston Duron
United States
1,000,000
6
Mauricio Miranda
Mexico
992,000
7
Zachary Baron
United States
974,000
8
Joe Wengert
United States
948,000
9
Halit Ozaltun
United States
890,000
10
Patrick Jones
United States
879,000
Palace Poker
Among the notable names who have already found their way into Day 2 are Simon Webster (750,000), Rob Gardner (579,000), RGPS AmbassadorAlexandra Loveless (374,000) and Douglas Drees (206,000).
The first two flights of the day will 30-minute levels, while the turbo flight features 15-minute levels in the last chance to earn a spot in the money. Players will start with 60,000 chips, seeing blinds of 100/200 blinds along with a 200 big blind ante to begin the day.
Action will pause 15-minute breaks after every two hours of play, and late registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9. Players reenter as many times as they like, but will need to be inside the top 12.5% of the field in order to qualify for the final day.
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It's sure to be an exciting day of action in Dallas, and PokerNews will continue to provide live coverage through the final hand on Sunday. Be sure to follow coverage of the $800 Main Event at RGPS Golden Expedition Southern Indiana.
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